Sentiment and Positioning Surveys

COT, fund surveys, and contrarian pitfalls.

4 Lessons8m total

Positioning data shows how crowded a trade may be. Extremes can persist longer than expected — crowded trades are dangerous, not timed entries.

Course Overview

COT, fund surveys, and contrarian pitfalls.

✓Core concepts explained with market context

✓Practical examples tied to real instruments

✓Risk-aware framing — educational only

✓Next-step links across the VegaDeck curriculum

Positioning data shows how crowded a trade may be. Extremes can persist longer than expected — crowded trades are dangerous, not timed entries.

Commitment of Traders reports are delayed and aggregated. Crypto positioning proxies are fragmented across venues.

Treat sentiment as context for risk, not a standalone signal.

Educational only · not investment advice · Risk disclosures

7 Lessons · 56m

1Central Banks 101 for Macro ReadersPolicy rates, forward guidance, and balance sheets without trade calls.8m▢

2Inflation vs Growth Narratives in MacroHow markets bucket CPI surprises into policy paths.8m▢

3Labor Market Data: What Desks Actually WatchPayrolls, unemployment rate, wages — and revision risk.8m▢

4Oil Prices and FX: A FrameworkPetrocurrencies, terms of trade, and regime shifts.8m▢

5Reading the Economic Calendar Like a Risk ManagerConsensus, revisions, and what “priced in” means — not a signal service.8m▢

7Yield Curves: Slopes, Inversions, and ContextWhat 2s10s moves mean — and what they do not guarantee.8m▢

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Educational only · not investment advice · Risk disclosures

Sentiment and Positioning Surveys — VegaDeck